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Task Force Tigershark FRSA Flash February 10, 2012 Available at ACS 1330-1530. Scream Free Parenting: 22-23 Feb-  Family Wellness Support Computer Basics for Job ruary, 0900-1500. Group Seekers  Couples Communication: 10 Febru-MOB/DEP & MFLC is offering a new re- Employment Readiness has partnered with ary, 1330-1530 .source to Soldiers, Spouses, and Family mem- Jefferson Express from Jefferson Community  Informal Funds: 8 Mar., 1400-1500bers. The Family Wellness Support Group College to offer Soldiers, Spouses, Family or 1700-1800will be on the last Thursday of the month at Members and DoD Civil-ACS… for more information call ACS today ians free computer train- FAMILY WELLNESS SUPPORT GROUP Share your experiences to help others and let other’s experiences help you! Meets on the last Thursday of the month 10-11am & 6-7pm in ACS (AER Conference Room) Upcoming dates: 23 February, 29 March, 26 April, 24 May, 28 June Topics of discussion are open to anything related to the wellness of the Military Family, to include (but not limited to)  Financial Management  Communication  Reintegration Challenges  Community Activities  Changes in Self and Soldier  Supporting a Special Needs  Combat Stress Family Member  Children & Deployment  Stress Management Facilitated by ACS Mobilization & Deployment and the Military Family Life Consultant Program (MFLC)  FRG Leader: 8 March, 0900-1300 Stop by and meet the wonderful Exceptional Family Member Program Staff ing. See flyer below for more information. Training Available  Key Caller Training: 14 February, 1400-1500 or 1700-1800, ACS.  OPSEC Training: 27 February, 1300 -1430.  CARE Team Training: 21 February, 0900-1230, ACS.  Stress Management: 7 February, 1330-1530.  Anger Management: 21 February,

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Task Force Tigershark FRSA Flash February 9, 2012 Applications Available * The oldest surviving love poem till date Health Care is written in a clay tablet from the times of Applications for the 2012 Scholarships for Mili- the Sumerians, inventors of writing, aroundCPT Webber, Darcy 3500 B.C tary Children program are now available at com- missaries worldwide as well as online through * Amongst the earliest Valentines DayChief, Environmental Health a link on http:// www.commissaries.com and gifts were candies. The most common wereFort Drum MEDDAC is currently exploring directly at http:// www.militaryscholar.org. chocolates in heart shaped boxes.options for environmentally friendly ways of The program awards at least one $1,500 scholar- * In some countries, a young womandisposing excess/expired household medications. ship to a student at each commissary. Scholar- may receive a gift of clothing from a prospec-Building the right program requires some feed- ships are funded by donations from commissary tive suitor. If the gift is kept, then it meansback from the Fort Drum community. Please fill vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and she has accepted his proposal of marriageout this VERY SHORT survey via the link be- the general public. To be eligible for a scholarship, * If an individual thinks of five or sixlow (60 seconds or less!) on your current concerns the student must have a military ID card and be names considered to be suitable marriageand disposal practices of prescriptions/over-the- an unmarried child of a Service member on active partners and twists the stem of an applecounter medications. Your input is anonymous duty, reservist, guardsman, retiree or survivor of a while the names are being recited, then it isand the data will be utilized towards providing military member who died while on active duty or believed the eventual spouse will be the onethe Fort Drum community with a pharmaceuti- survivor of a retiree and no older than 21, or 23 if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or whose name was recited at the moment thecal disposal program and facility. university. Applications must be turned in at a stem broke. * In Medieval times, girls ate unusualhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HPV6VLW commissary by close of business 24 February. foods on St Valentines Day to make them dream of their future husband. Panetta Announces Fiscal 2013 Budget Priorities Valentine Day Fun Facts: Here is the most enjoyable and unbelievableAccording to Defense Secretary Leon E. Pa- collection of Valentines Day Fun Facts.netta, spending priorities in the forthcoming Share these fun facts with your friends tofiscal 2013 defense budget request calls for amaze them this Valentine Day.reductions in the end strength of the Armyand Marine Corps, an increase in special op- * About 1 billion Valentines Day cardserations forces and maintaining the number are exchanged in US each year. Thats theof big-deck carriers. Defense Department largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the(DoD) officials used the new defense strat- year, next to Christmas.egy guidance that President Barack Obama * Women purchase 85% of all valentines.announced earlier this month to shape the * Worldwide, over 50 million roses arebudget request. The budget seeks to minimize given for Valentines Day each year.the impact of cuts on personnel accounts * Men buy most of the millions of boxesas Service Members will receive their full pay of candy and bouquets of flowers given onraises in fiscal 2013 and 2014. Additionally, Valentines Day. Contents of this newsletter are com-changes to health care will not affect active * In the Middle Ages, young men and piled from multiple Military Familyduty personnel or their families but they are women drew names from a bowl to see who news sources. Material presentedrecommending increases in health care fees, their valentines would be. They would wear does not represent the views or en-co-pays and deductibles for retirees. To these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means dorsement of Task Force Tigersharkread more about these budget priorities,please go to: http://1.usa.gov/w9GW12 that it is easy for other people to know how or the Army. This material is for per- you are feeling. sonal use of the readers. All readers * The Italian city of Verona, where are encouraged to do further re- Shakespeares lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, search for all applicable restrictions 2012 Scholarships receives about 1,000 letters addressed to and guidelines. for Military Children Juliet every Valentines Day.

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Task Force Tigershark FRSA Flash February 9, 2012 tary Children program are now available at com- She was able to free her family and numerous Health Care missaries worldwide as well as online through other slaves throughout the years, taking them as a link on http:// www.commissaries.com and far as Canada and helping them find safe jobs.CPT Webber, Darcy directly at http:// www.militaryscholar.org. Later, she worked as a nurse during the Civil War The program awards at least one $1,500 scholar- and was a proponent of both women’s suffrageFort Drum MEDDAC is currently exploring ship to a student at each commissary. Scholar- and the abolitionist movement.options for environmentally friendly ways of ships are funded by donations from commissary  Mae Jemisondisposing excess/expired household medications. vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and A physician who volunteered with the PeaceBuilding the right program requires some feed- the general public. To be eligible for a scholarship, Corps and the first female African Americanback from the Fort Drum community. Please fill the student must have a military ID card and be astronaut, Mae was also the first black woman toout this VERY SHORT survey via the link be- an unmarried child of a Service member on active go into space. After her 1992 expedition on thelow (60 seconds or less!) on your current concerns duty, reservist, guardsman, retiree or survivor of a Endeavor shuttle, she left NASA and foundedand disposal practices of prescriptions/over-the- military member who died while on active duty or the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellencecounter medications. Your input is anonymous survivor of a retiree and no older than 21, or 23 if (which sponsors science camps for kids), as well asand the data will be utilized towards providing enrolled as a full-time student at a college or companies involved in scientific and technologicalthe Fort Drum community with a pharmaceuti- university. Applications must be turned in at a research. Currently, she is a professor at Cornellcal disposal program and facility. http:// University and strongly involved in the science commissary by close of business 24 February.www.surveymonkey.com/s/HPV6VLW community.  Rosa Parks Panetta Announces Fiscal 2013 Black Women in American This list wouldn’t be complete without including Culture & History Rosa Parks, the woman who refused to give up Budget Priorities her bus seat in 1955 and sparked a movement that led to the end of segregation. Her courageous actAccording to Defense Secretary Leon E. Pa- Anybody who thinks her dreams are impossible or fueled the Civil Rights Movement and inspired that society can’t be changed by one person’snetta, spending priorities in the forthcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. to get involved. Along efforts need only look to these women as rolefiscal 2013 defense budget request calls for models. Their bravery and determination acted as with MLK, Jr., she continues to inspire thosereductions in the end strength of the Army who still fight for equality. catalysts for profound change in the world, andand Marine Corps, an increase in special op- each had only one thing in common—the belieferations forces and maintaining the number Anybody who thinks her dreams are impossible or that she could make it happen. Yes they could,of big-deck carriers. Defense Department that society can’t be changed by one person’s and yes we can too. efforts need only look to these women as role(DoD) officials used the new defense strat- models. Their bravery and determination acted asegy guidance that President Barack Obama  Sojourner Truth catalysts for profound change in the world, andannounced earlier this month to shape the Sojourner was born into slavery with the name each had only one thing in common—the beliefbudget request. The budget seeks to minimize Isabella Baumfree. She changed her name after that she could make it happen. Yes they could,the impact of cuts on personnel accounts escaping from her owner and became a Christian and yes we can too.as Service Members will receive their full pay preacher while living with a family in New York. After the state’s Emancipation Act was passed,raises in fiscal 2013 and 2014. Additionally, she became a vehement and vocal supporter ofchanges to health care will not affect active abolition and women’s rights. She traveled theduty personnel or their families but they are country giving speeches, including a famous onerecommending increases in health care fees, entitled Ain’t I a Woman? that emphasized theco-pays and deductibles for retirees. To strength and power of women and the need forread more about these budget priorities, equality between the sexes.please go to: http://1.usa.gov/w9GW12  Harriet Tubman Like Sojourner, Harriet was born into slavery and found a means of escape with the help of her 2012 Scholarships abolitionist neighbors. In 1849, she fled her slave life in Maryland and found respite in Philadel- for Military Children phia. There she formulated a plan to liberate the Applications Available rest of her family by way of the Underground Railroad, a system that involved moving slavesApplications for the 2012 Scholarships for Mili- from one safe house to another under rigid secrecy.

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Task Force Tigershark FRSA Flash February 9, 2012Resources: Grief/loss Fort Drum/USA MEDDAC Behavioral MFLC Solutions: Health Department (315)-772-2778Military Kids Connect is a website designed to Flexible appointment times for walk-in appointments. Flexible meeting locations During non-duty hours,help military kids support one another and learn *Confidential The Acute Care Clinic at Guthrie (has mentalcoping skills in dealing with the challenges of No Records Kepthandling deployments. health personnel available for urgent mental FREE Locations are : health concerns from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. After 9 10th CAB Headquarters : 315-405-7449 p.m., persons with urgent mental health con- ACS: 315-212-6919 cerns should contact Samaritan Medical Child & Youth Behavioral Military & Family Center at (315) 785-4516 or Mobile Crisis Life Consultant: 315-523-3141 Services of North Country Transitional Liv- ing Services at (315) 782-2327. Militarymentalhealth.org: Watertown Vet Center Military Mental Health Screening Program DVA Readjustment Counseling Services 1-315-782-5479 Military life, especially deployments or mobiliza- tions, can present challenges to service members American Red Cross and their families that are both unique and diffi- (315) 772-6561 cult. Some are manageable, some are not. Many Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm, after hours times we can successfully deal with them on our call toll free (877) 272-7337 own. In some instances matters get worse and one problem can trigger other more serious issues. At such times it is wise to check things out and see Social Services Assistance what is really happening. That’s the purpose of 315-772-0035 these totally anonymous and voluntary self- Assistance Finding Solutions to Life Problems assessments. Stress Management and Marriage Counseling These questions are designed so you can review Substance Abuse and Re-Adjustment CounselingMyarmyonesource: this website provides your situation with regard to some of the more Assists with Issues Related to Social Welfare24/7 assistance. common mental health issues including, posttrau- matic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, Soldier and Family Assistance CenterMilitary Family Life Consultants (MFLC) alcohol problems and more. The screening will not drum.mwr.sfac@conus.army.milprovide solution-oriented consultations to indi- provide a diagnosis – for that you need to see a 315-772-7781/7720viduals, couples, families, and groups. professional. But, it will tell you whether or not The Fort Drum Soldier and Family AssistanceThe Military and Family Life Consultant you have symptoms that are consistent with a Center strives to provide a supportive environ-(MFLC) Program is designed to provide support condition or concern that would benefit from ment for Soldiers and Family Members as theyand assistance to active duty Soldiers, National further evaluation or treatment. It will also give deal with the stress and uncertainty of injury andGuard & Reserves, military Family Members and you guidance as to where you might seek assis- the effects of war.civilian personnel. Military and Family tance.Life Consultants can help people who are havingtrouble coping with concerns and issues of daily Chaplainlife. Installation Chaplain: 315-772-5591Some Examples of Issues Include: Chaplains Hotline Confidential CounselingAdjustment/Transition (315) 772-5591Stress Spiritual Life Center : 315-772-5540Marital/couples Unit Chaplain: MAJ Johnson 315-405-6810Anxiety/SadnessDeployment Cycle IssuesCommunication Veteran Suicide Prevention Hotline:Aggression 1-800-273-TALK (8255) press 1 to be routedWork, parenting to the Veterans assistant.